Tips for a Press Release and an Example to Get You Started!

Here is some great tips for a press release that will help you construct the best fiction press release and gain more interested readers than without. If you follow the format below, your press release will do great!

1. Create a good headline.

2. Date it (either For Immediate Release or with an actual date).

3. Use a summary lead-in sentence for your first sentence. This is you bottom line. Use no more than twenty five words for the first sentence – don’t forget! Use who, what, where, when and why in your sentence.

4. Be accurate – make sure all names are spelled correctly.

5. Write in the active third-person voice.

6. Use common language; avoid jargon.

7. Give specific examples.

8. Quote authorities or reviews you've received for your book.

9. Don’t advocate, be informative, and don’t use a lot of (if any) adjectives.

10. Spell out “more” at the bottom of a page if there’s more on a second page.

11. Write –30– or # # # at the end of your press release.

12. Use short, punchy sentences.

13. Include your contact name and information after the end of your press release, otherwise known as your Biography.

When following the tips for a press release, keep in mind that you are an author of fiction and it will be a lot more difficult to write your press release based on facts. This is where your creative imagination really comes into play. You must make your press release newsworthy right out of the gate starting with your headline. It may not even be centered around your book - consider writing the press release centered on you and how you came up with the story, or you as an author, and lead into your published work.

Tips for a press releaseconcludes with an example of a press release provided by Lulu.com. Though it is based off of true occurrences, the book is a fictional novel based on the letters she found.

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